Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAn Apple spokesperson confirmed the recent brief removal, saying its review found content that violated guidelines prohibiting child sexual abuse material. "The app was subsequently restored after the developer promptly removed the content and banned the user who posted it," the spokesperson added. Apple," Telegram posted on X in response to ​a ​user who shared the Apple statement. "Apple has stated they removed the app from availability to a billion users because a Telegram user posted something horrible and illegal," Sweeney wrote on X. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementTelegram has "categorically" denied the ​communications regulator's accusations, adding that since 2018 it had "virtually eliminated" the public spread of child sexual abuse material through detection algorithms.